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21Sep2015

Loughborough University community warden scheme expanded

Loughborough University’s pioneering community warden scheme has been expanded in time for the start of the academic year.

Three new posts have been added to the team to ensure comprehensive support is provided for residents and students across the whole of Loughborough. The scheme previously operated in a limited number of areas.

The Community Warden team aim to improve the student experience by providing students with support and essential information when living off campus. The team also work to promote good relations between local residents and students. Any concerns raised by local residents about students living off campus will be followed up by the team.

Jenny Ardley will be leading the team. She is replacing Ally Mcdonald who is currently on maternity leave. Jenny currently lectures in the social science department at Loughborough University and is also a part time student engagement consultant for Loughborough Students’ Union. She also has extensive experience in community relations.

As community warden, Jenny will liaise with students and residents living in the local area, including those living in private halls. She will also co-ordinate the work of deputy and sub wardens who between them will cover Loughborough focusing on the Burleigh, Storer, Ashby Road Estates, Kingfisher, Herrick Road, Forest Road and Nanpantan areas.

The full community warden team is:

Jenny Ardley – community warden

Louise Doherty – deputy community warden for Kingfisher and Herrick Road areas, Forest Road and all other areas.

They will also cover any other areas of Loughborough and provide particular support to the off campus private halls of residence.

Alison Barlow, Stakeholder Relations Manager, comments: “We reviewed the community warden’s scheme last year and found it was very highly valued by students, residents and our other partners at Charnwood Borough Council and the police. We are delighted to be able to extend the scheme so that students and residents right across Loughborough can benefit from the help and support that the community wardens provide.”

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Article reference number: PR 15/178

Loughborough is one of the country’s leading universities, with an international reputation for research that matters, excellence in teaching, strong links with industry, and unrivalled achievement in sport and its underpinning academic disciplines.

In 2015 the University will open an additional academic campus in London’s new innovation quarter. Loughborough University London, based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, will offer postgraduate and executive-level education, as well as research and enterprise opportunities.